WEBVTT WE JUST GOT WORD FROM ACE TRAIN THAT NUMBER FIVE IS RUNNING FIVE MINUTES BEHIND OUT OF TRACY. DEMOLITION WORK BEGINS THIS MORNING ON PART OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAZA TO MAKE WAY FOR THE ALL-NEW ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS COMPLEX. WE GO LIVE TO DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. RIGHT NOW, IT FEELS LIKE THE PREVIEW BEFORE THE FEATURE FILM STARTS. YOU'VE GOT THE SUN COMING UP ON WHAT IS ALREADY SOME WORK BEING DONE TO REMOVE THE EXTRA REAR WALLS PRINT YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE SMALL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S BEEN GOING THROUGH THEIR AND CLEANING OUT THAT AREA BEFORE THE BIGGER EQUIPMENT STARTS. WE WILL SHOW YOU THE DRIVER IS ALREADY INSIDE OF THE BIG HEAVY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT RIGHT THERE. HE IS AWAITING AND THE JUST UP THE GENERATOR FOR THE HOSE TO KEEP THE DUST DOWN AND AT ANY MOMENT, THEY ARE GOING TO BEGIN TEARING DOWN 515 L STREET. A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAVE STOPPED AND IT'S A DECENT VANTAGE POINT FROM 6TH AND L. THIS IS A GOOD SPOT TO COME TO CHECK IT OUT. SEVENTH AND K HAS A PUBLIC VIEWING SPOTS. THE KINGS HAS SET UP A CAMERA ON TOP OF THE MAZES BUILDING AND THEY WILL BE STREAMING THIS LIVE ON THEIR WEBSITE, SACRAMENTO EFC.COM. RIGHT HERE, WE WILL SHOW IT TO YOU WHEN THIS DEMOLITION GETS UNDERWAY. WE WILL KEEP IT LIVE RIGHT HERE. WE WILL GIVE YOU THE BEST VANTAGE POINT WE CAN. AT SOME POINT, LIVECOPTER3 WILL BE UP OVER THE SCENE. THE CREWS ARE ALL IN PLACE. I WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU FOR THE MOMENT BUT WE WILL GIVE YOU THAT QUICK CUE WHEN WE SEE HIM MOVING TOWARD THE BUILDING. THEY ARE TESTING OUT THE WATER HOSE TO KEEP THE DUST OUT. MAYBE I WON'T SEND IT BACK. IS COULD BE THE MOMENT. WE WERE TOLD THEY WERE GOING TO START RIGHT AROUND 7:30 A.M. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF PREP WORK THIS MORNING. THIS IS THE SYMBOLIC FIRST VISIBLE SIGN OF TEARING DOWN. THEY REMOVED THE WALLS BUT THIS IS REALLY THE GETTING RID OF THE SKELETON OF 550L: STREET. YOU'VE GOT SOME ROOM TO GO TO YOUR RIGHT. HE IS GETTING READY TO CRUNCH THE SIDE OF 550 L STREET -- THERE YOU GO -- THAT IS THE FIRST REAL VISIBLE SIGN OF THE TEARING DOWN OF THE STRUCTURE OF THIS BUILDING. THEY HAVE DONE SOME PREP WORK BUT -- WOW. THAT WILL MARK THE OFFICIAL START OF THE REAL BIG TEARING DOWN. WE WILL HAVE FUN WITH IS ALL MORNING. IT'S A WHOLE PROCESS TO WIN THE ARENA WILL FINALLY BE DONE. WE ARE NOW 780 DAYS, NINE HOURS, 23 MINUTES AND 24 SECONDS AWAY FROM THE NEW ARENA. LOOK AT THIS -- I FEEL LIKE A LITTLE KID WATCHING THIS. I COULD WATCH THIS ALL DAY LONG. IF YOU HAVE LITTLE KIDS AT HOME, YOU PROBABLY COULD SIT THERE AND WATCH IT. WE WILL NOT DO THAT. YOU TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS OF GETTING HERE, YOU HAVE THE DISTRACTION BUT IT HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING. IT'S SOMETHING VERY CONTROVERSIAL IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WHETHER THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE USE OF THE LOCATION BUT THE MONEY. THERE WERE LEGAL FIGHTS AND A LOT OF ARGUING AND PASSION ON THE SIDE OF THE SACRAMENTO KINGS FANS. THERE ARE CHANGES IN OWNERSHIP. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. A FEW YEARS AGO, WHO THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLE? IT LOOKED LIKE THE KINGS WERE GONE. IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. SOME OF THE LEGAL ARGUMENTS WILL CONTINUE EVEN AS THE DOWNTOWN PLAZA CONTINUES TO COME DOWN. WE WILL FOLLOW THIS EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE DAY HERE. THE OUTSIDE PART OF THE BUILDING -- THIS IS WHAT IS GOING AWAY. MUCH OF THE PARKING UNDERNEATH THE MALL WILL BE LOST. THE GARAGE ENTRANCES ARE CLOSING AND SHOPS THAT ARE WEST OF 5TH STREET STAY OPEN. THAT INCLUDES THE MACY'S AND THE FOOD COURT IN THE MALL MOVIE THEATERS.